Food & Diet & Health & Weight Loss

Are you confused about and by all the different diets?

Go into any bookstore and you will find a section dedicated to these books. Why? They make lots of money. Why? Many of us in the Western world are either overweight or think we are overweight or have a family member who is overweight.

So what IS the answer?

Well, the video in the following link is an overview of where to start:

http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/44.html

It is not a "fad" approach at all.

If you would like an free assessment of your diet, please contact us:

http://betweenskyandearth.com.au/store/pc/viewContent.asp?idpage=3

In the meantime, watch the video and explore the concepts for yourself.

Peace to all,
KISS for Life,
Miriam.

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Caffeine - topically - can make you look great

Using coffee scrubs on your skin can help your skin to appear more toned and cellulite free.

This is because it stimaulates blood vessels thus improving circulation therefore improving removal of waste products from the body (i.e. toxins, excess fluid, fats, metabolic biproducts).

You can easily make your own:

2 tablespoons ground coffee
1 tablespoon fine salt
2 tablespoons olive oil

Combine the ingredients and massage into your skin in a circular motion away from the heart and towards hands and/or feet.

Be sure to stop if you find it irritating.
People with broken capilliaries shoud not exfoliate.

Peace to all,
KISS for life,
Miriam.

Bottled Water – Is it what it claims to be?

The plain ones generally claim to be pure and clean or from a natural Spring.

Does the maker have laboratory proof?

Where did the water come from?

If it is purified water, what purification process was used? (There is only one method considered true purification – distillation – all the rest are considered types of filtration.)

Has the company had a laboratory test the water for contaminants? If so, what were the results?

 

Did you know that bottled water costs many times more than tap water (comparisons for the USA are a differential of up to 1,900 times!).

There are lots of potentially harmful contaminants in reticulated water – it varies for different towns. The most economical way to avoid them is to get a water purification or filtration system.

To avoid the potential hazards of disposable bottles (and the landfill issue), glass and BPA free bottles and jugs are the best storage options.

 

Ignore the marketing hype and look after yourself and the environment – we can help you with equipment and bottles:

www.betweenskyandearth.com.au

If you can't see what you want, contact us:

http://betweenskyandearth.com.au/store/pc/viewContent.asp?idpage=3

 

Peace to all,

KISS for life,

Miriam.

Back to School sale now on!

Our Back to School sale has started.

Get your kids lots of health enhancing goodies such as BPA free stainless steel drink bottles and lunch boxes.

Get a good water filter for your home - stop exposing yourself and family to potential carcinogens in the reticulated water system.

Get great air purifiers - especially beneficial to the chemically sensitive, hayfever sufferers and other allergy sufferers or just if you want to reduce your toxic load. Remember - indoor air quality is frequently poorer than outdoor air quality.

We also have great self hypnosis CDs by Rick Collingwood and others. They really work.

Come and have a look around our shop:

www.betweenskyandearth.com.au

Peace to all,
KISS for life,
Miriam.

New Year's Resolution

Do you have a New Year's Resolution? Common ones sound something like these:

Lose weight?
Eat right?
Reduce your toxic load?
Live more sustainably?
Grow your own food?
Get involved in your community?
Help the less fortunate?
Start a community group.

Many are totally self centred. That is not always bad but life exists beyond the self and the self will not survive without considering things beyond the self.

Sorry if that's a bit too deep and meaningful and/or cryptic. I want to get you all thinking outside the square and beyond your comfort zone.

Let's get back to basics and support each other and see where that takes us.

Peace to all,
KISS for life,
Miriam.

POPs are not good for any of us - here's one for the boys

No, I'm not talking about soda pop or paddle pops or grandfathers. POPs are persistent organic pollutants. They are very serious trouble for all living things.

I suspect they interplay with so many increasingly common modern health issues that we are far out of our depth in dealing with them. From being underweight to gender issues, from behaviour issues to genetic abnormalities.

Here's the start of the article:

Russian boys exposed to unusually high levels of environmental pollutants are smaller than their peers, a new study reports.

After following nearly 500 boys for three years, an international group of researchers found that those with the highest levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their blood were nearly three centimetres shorter than boys from the same region with the lowest amount of PCBs in their bodies.

Boys with the highest exposures also averaged two points lower in body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight relative to height.

The authors found a similar pattern in boys with the highest exposure to the pollutant dioxin.

For the rest, see:

http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/pollutants-stunt-boys-growth-20101230-19ay4.html

Check out the links for similar research too.

 

KIS for life

Miriam.

Triclosan - a dangerous compound in many products

Well, this compound, Triclosan really is the pits if you like to be healthy.

It's making its way into such a vast range of products too. All manner of personal care products - due to its "antiseptic" capabilities. Yep, that means toothpaste, soap, and lots of other stuff. It's now in lots of socks, pillows - anywhere the product owner thinks it would be a good marketing ploy to have an anti-bacterial agent in their product.

So, be an educated consumer - check out what you are getting before you purchase ("caveat emptor" = buyer beware) 'cos if a chemical is approved for use noone else will look out for your wellbeing. (Remember- passive smoking and asbestos?!) Unfortunately, it won't always be obvious that Triclosan or another unwanted compound is in the item/s you are buying.

At Between Father Sky and Mother Earth, we don't sell anything with Triclosan. We vet our products as well as we possibly can before deciding to include them for sale. AND we are very particular about what we will sell. We value our own health and those of everyone else.

Check out www.betweenskyandearth.com.au for great natural and or healthy alternatives to choose from. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Peace to all
KISS for life
Miriam.